Team Tube

Founded in 1914, Chicago Tube & Iron is one of the largest steel service centers in the United States. The company designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of steel products, including tubing, pipe, bar, valves, fittings and flanges, and boiler and condenser tubes and tools. In addition, the company has a line of specialty products that includes steam traps, Y-strainers, gaskets, bolts, valve parts, acuation products, hanger materials, and gauges and thermometers. Chicago Tube & Iron s services include cutting, chamfering, deburring, coiling, grooving, beveling, threading and bending. Chicago Tube & Iron maintains its headquarters in Romeoville, Ill., and operates additional facilities in Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota and North Carolina.

National Metalwares manufactures, fabricates and finishes welded steel tubing and tubular components. The manufactured goods the company creates are for consumer and industrial products. The company utilizes multiple tube mills that can create a range of shapes and sizes. The thicknesses of its products range from 14 gauge (.074 min.) to 26 gauge (.016 min.) utilizing matte, brite and hot-rolled steel. Cutting operations include precision haven cut-offs and dedimpling. End treatments include wire brush deburring, end facing/chamfering, expansion, reduction, flanging and beading. The company also utilizes nickel-chrome plating decorative finishing and powder coating. National Metalwares is headquartered in Aurora, Ill.